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iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF

$29.46-0.14% vs prior close
293252-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund may invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index.

Price & daily flows
30.229.929.729.46DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$290M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$290M in net outflows over the past month, about 2.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -4.8% so far this year. At 0.46% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ISZE has a reported fee of 0.30%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$12.3Bassets under management
0.46%expense ratio · $46 per $10,000 a year
−$290Mnet flow, trailing month
3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
444holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed March 26, 2007 · beta 0.46
The book at a glance
GOOGL-1.7%BA+3.3%ORCL+0.6%JPM+0.7%RGA-0.7%ALB-0.7%C-1.9%MSARES+0.3%STT+0.0%SMCI+2.1%JXNBNYAPOXELWTFCSRESCHWMCHP+0.9%DUKMETWFCAXSNEEHPE+1.1%KKRHIGMSTR+4.8%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1GOOGLALPHABET2.31%$338.24-1.7%
2BABOEING3.35%$192.28+3.3%
3FCNCAFIRST CITIZENS BANCSHARES0.07%$2073.50+0.6%
4ORCLORACLE2.16%$138.07+0.6%
5JPMJPMORGAN CHASE0.31%$333.18+0.7%
6GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP0.08%$896.67-0.4%
7RGAREINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA0.35%$244.62-0.7%
8DDSDILLARD'S0.10%$646.35-3.5%
9ALBALBEMARLE1.04%$105.03-0.7%
10CCITIGROUP0.35%$127.00-1.9%
11MSMORGAN STANLEY0.18%$188.01-0.0%
12ARESARES MANAGEMENT0.57%$116.57+0.3%
13STTSTATE STREET0.19%$174.62+0.0%
14RNRRENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS0.10%$322.99+1.5%
15SMCISUPER MICRO COMPUTER2.53%$41.92+2.1%

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Sector weights
Financial Institutions55.77%
Industrial31.97%
Utility10.62%
Cash and/or Derivatives1.1%
Agency0.43%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.29%
Canada1.11%
Bermuda1.05%
Netherlands0.32%
United Kingdom0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.2%
1 month-2.1%
3 months-3.3%
6 months-2.2%
YTD-4.8%
1 year-7.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$63M
1 month−$290M
3 months−$733M
YTD−$1.1B
1 year−$1.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.8%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 3.4% of the book; the top ten carry 17%. Spread across 202+ names, it behaves like roughly 37 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
80calls · latest snapshot
668puts · latest snapshot
8.35put/call ratio
4Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
GOOGL ALPHABET$127M$177M
MSTR MICROSTRATEGY$77M$74M
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$49M$49M
ORCL ORACLE$34M$38M
BA BOEING$34M$34M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against PFF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat PFF on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-43bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-43bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-42bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-42bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-42bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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